Petty Officer Second Class Leo Blitz was Killed in Action on December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Petty Officer Second Class Leo Blitz was the brother of Rudolph Blitz, who was also killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
His remains were never Identified but is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
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Remains of Nebraska twins killed at Pearl Harbor identified
LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities say the remains of twin brothers killed in the Pearl Harbor attack have been identified and will be returned to Nebraska.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday in a news release that the remains of Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Leo Blitz and Fireman 1st Class Rudolph Blitz were identified last month.
Both were 20 and were assigned to the battleship Oklahoma when the warship and other vessels were attacked by Japanese planes on Dec. 7, 1941.
The attack on the ship killed 429 crewmen, including the Blitzes.
Their remains were among the unidentified remains buried in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
In 2015, agency personnel began exhuming the remains and using new DNA technology to identify those lost.
The agency says the twins’ remains will be interred in Lincoln on Aug. 10.
His remains were never Identified but is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
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Remains of Nebraska twins killed at Pearl Harbor identified
LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities say the remains of twin brothers killed in the Pearl Harbor attack have been identified and will be returned to Nebraska.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday in a news release that the remains of Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Leo Blitz and Fireman 1st Class Rudolph Blitz were identified last month.
Both were 20 and were assigned to the battleship Oklahoma when the warship and other vessels were attacked by Japanese planes on Dec. 7, 1941.
The attack on the ship killed 429 crewmen, including the Blitzes.
Their remains were among the unidentified remains buried in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
In 2015, agency personnel began exhuming the remains and using new DNA technology to identify those lost.
The agency says the twins’ remains will be interred in Lincoln on Aug. 10.
Petty Officer Second Class Leo Blitz was Killed in Action on December 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Petty Officer Second Class Leo Blitz was the brother of Rudolph Blitz, who was also killed aboard the USS Oklahoma
His remains were never Identified but is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
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Remains of Nebraska twins killed at Pearl Harbor identified
LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities say the remains of twin brothers killed in the Pearl Harbor attack have been identified and will be returned to Nebraska.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday in a news release that the remains of Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Leo Blitz and Fireman 1st Class Rudolph Blitz were identified last month.
Both were 20 and were assigned to the battleship Oklahoma when the warship and other vessels were attacked by Japanese planes on Dec. 7, 1941.
The attack on the ship killed 429 crewmen, including the Blitzes.
Their remains were among the unidentified remains buried in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
In 2015, agency personnel began exhuming the remains and using new DNA technology to identify those lost.
The agency says the twins’ remains will be interred in Lincoln on Aug. 10.
His remains were never Identified but is listed as one of the approximately 390 unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
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Your Navy Times
Remains of Nebraska twins killed at Pearl Harbor identified
LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities say the remains of twin brothers killed in the Pearl Harbor attack have been identified and will be returned to Nebraska.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday in a news release that the remains of Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Leo Blitz and Fireman 1st Class Rudolph Blitz were identified last month.
Both were 20 and were assigned to the battleship Oklahoma when the warship and other vessels were attacked by Japanese planes on Dec. 7, 1941.
The attack on the ship killed 429 crewmen, including the Blitzes.
Their remains were among the unidentified remains buried in 46 plots at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
In 2015, agency personnel began exhuming the remains and using new DNA technology to identify those lost.
The agency says the twins’ remains will be interred in Lincoln on Aug. 10.
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